[DMCForum] Re: Interchanging PRV's (Martin)

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There is one other option:

My carb doesn't give a damn what kind of flywheel is attached to the
engine. As long as the manifold is vacuum tight, I have proper fuel
metering. Ignition is triggered off the distributor. Simply tap into
12v for the automatic choke, and I'm off to the races.

Makes interchanging PRV's a breeze.

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Gutkowski <martin@xxxx> wrote:
> The snag with interchanging different PRVs is in the trigger for the 
> ECU. Renault, Volvo, Peugeot and Citroen (Eagles had Renault lumps) all 
> went their different ways and all mated the engines to different 
> transmissions - most of which were automatics (at least over here - 
> can't see it being much different stateside!) and as the flywheel is an 
> integral part of the transmission and also contains the trigger, you're 
> basically buggered unless you're swapping a like-for-like engine or can 
> rig up a trigger on the crank pulley. A lot of work, and plenty of
scope 
> for getting it wrong unless you have all the manuals to hand. If, 
> however, you find your block has a crack in it, and it's a 3 litre
lump, 
> you can find yourself a "new" block in another PRV of the same
capacity. 
> You can interchange the bottom end and retain the top end with you 
> LH-jet setup - as long as you can verify the compression, cams and 
> valves are the same (so the ECU map is correct). Or you can swap the 
> block and liners off your "donor" engine - but do try and keep those 
> bastard liners seated when you pull the old pistons out otherwise
you'll 
> generate 2 days of work just cleaning everything up to re-seat them.
> 
> Martin
> 
> cartermartin wrote:
>

---

Yahoo! Groups Links

• To visit your group on the web, go to:
  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DMCForum/
   
• To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
  DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
   
• Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.